Person of the Year vote ends today

Close to 1,000 people have voted in our first Tallahassee Person of the Year survey and the results are tight as we head into the home stretch.

Really tight.

And today is the deadline. Vote before midnight or you’ve missed your chance. Remember, only vote once.

What’s amazing to me is how this has gone on social media, with supporters of the various nominees waging a get-out-the-vote battle. Nominee Ion Sancho, Leon County supervisor of elections, should be proud of the turnout.

It’s been a lot of fun, which is great. But what’s more important to me is that we have been able to focus attention on the very wonderful professional and volunteer work being done people in our community. The only qualification we made is that the person must have had a big impact.

And it’s been positive. No one is saying the other people shouldn’t win; only presenting arguments for their own choice.

Sure, it’s somewhat of a popularity contest, but because of the nomination and vetting process, the winner will deserve the accolades. And that’s all we’ve tried to do with this: bring attention to the good work being done by the good people in our community.

In case you’ve missed it, here are the names of the Top 5 voted-getters released earlier. All I can tell you is the list of the Top 5 is unchanged. Listed in alphabetical order:

Voting ends at the end of the today Jan. 2. The winner will be announced later on the front page of our digital sites and the Tallahassee Democrat. The winner will be asked to speak at our annual Volunteer of the Year luncheon, our biggest event of the year.

You can send comments by clicking on Bob Gabordi’s blog on Tallahassee.com, e-mailing him at bgabordi@tallahassee.com, sending a private message on Tallahassee.com and Twitter @bgabordi. You can also find links to his blogs on Facebook. He’s also on LinkedIn and Google+. His mailing address is Bob Gabordi, Executive Editor, Tallahassee Democrat, P.O. Box 990, Tallahassee, FL 32302. His telephone number is 850-599-2177.

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You can send comments by clicking on Bob Gabordi’s blog on Tallahassee.com or Move.Tallahassee.com, e-mailing him at bgabordi@tallahassee.com, sending a private message on Tallahassee.com and Twitter @bgabordi. You can also find links to his blogs on Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. His mailing address is Bob Gabordi, Executive Editor, Tallahassee Democrat, P.O. Box 990, Tallahassee, FL 32302. His telephone number is 850-599-2177.